Movies by E.W. Swackhamer
As a director:
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MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Terry O'Quinn, Wendy Phillips …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
After spending a few months in jail, con man Jack MacShayne (Kenny Rogers) heads to Las Vegas hoping to reunite with his son, but he can't seem to track him down. Retired cop Danny…
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MacShayne: Final Roll of the Dice (1994)
Cast: Maria Conchita Alonso, Wendy Phillips, Daniel Hugh Kelly …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
Reformed con man Jack MacShayne (Kenny Rogers) is back, this time as the head of security at the Las Vegas hotel he stayed at in MacShayne: Winner Takes All. As part of his new job, he's…
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Murder in Malibu / Columbo Goes to College (1990)
Cast: Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens, Brenda Vaccaro …
Directed by: Walter Grauman, E.W. Swackhamer
When wealthy novelist Teresa (Janet Margolin) turns up dead, Columbo (Peter Falk) suspects her lover, Wayne (Andrew Stevens), might be guilty in Murder in Malibu. Columbo Goes to College…
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The Rousters (1983)
Cast: Hoyt Axton, Mimi Rogers, Jim Varney …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
As a bouncer for the Sladetown Carnival, tough-as-nails Wyatt Earp III (Chad Everett) puts up with a lot of abuse, but it's nothing compared to the grief he gets from his shotgun-toting…
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Carpool (1983)
Cast: Harvey Korman, Peter Scolari, T.K. Carter …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
When a sack filled with $1 million in cash tumbles out of an armored vehicle, four hapless carpoolers excitedly retrieve it. But soon they're forced to go on the run from an ex-cop…
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Night Drive (1977)
Cast: Valerie Harper, Richard Romanus, Nicholas Pryor …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
This fast-paced thriller finds Valerie Harper showing off her dramatic chops as Carol Turner, an average housewife who's forced by an emergency to drive cross-country alone at night.…
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Death at Love House (1976)
Cast: Robert Wagner, Kate Jackson, Sylvia Sidney …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
While researching a book about the career of late Hollywood screen siren Lorna Love, writers Joel and Donna Gregory (Robert Wagner and Kate Jackson) go to great lengths to immerse themselves…
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Death Sentence (1974)
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Laurence Luckinbill, Nick Nolte …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
Based on a novel by Eric Roman, this made-for-television movie stars Cloris Leachman as a juror on a murder case who begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent. Evidence starts to…
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Classic Courtroom Movies: Mesmerized / Death Sentence / Dishonored Lady (1974)
Cast: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Michael Laughlin, E.W. Swackhamer, Robert Stevenson …
This collection includes three memorable courtroom dramas. In Mesmerized, an 18-year-old girl (Jodie Foster) trapped in an arranged marriage to a cruel middle-aged man (John Lithgow) is the…
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Man and Boy (1971)
Cast: Bill Cosby, Gloria Foster, Leif Erickson …
Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer
After the Civil War, African-American veteran Caleb Revers (Bill Cosby, in his first full-length feature role) heads for Arizona to homestead with his wife (Gloria Foster) and son (George…